Chapter 391 - 254: Awkward Dance Send-off

Given Gongsun Xiang’s current, terrifying level of power, it was completely unrealistic to think he could be taken down in a short amount of time by relying on Cultivation side effects.

It would take at least several months of torment to leave Gongsun Xiang bedridden, let alone cause him to drop dead on the spot.

But Zou Feng was only messing with Gongsun Xiang at this moment to play a support role in this team fight.

After all, confronting him head-on was far too risky.

Although he already possessed the strength of a First Grade, he wasn’t a true First Grade Spirit Body Realm expert.

Facing Gongsun Xiang, who had already become the King of Human Gu, in such a chaotic battle was by no means a wise move.

But as long as he could make Gongsun Xiang even slightly uncomfortable and create an opening, First Grade Experts like Su Qingyu should be able to seize the opportunity and take down the King of Human Gu.

As for whether such a public display would reveal Zou Feng’s heaven-defying ability to transfer side effects...

He had, of course, already considered that.

In truth, there was no need to worry. After all, at the True Qi Realm, all sorts of methods were possible, and many Cultivation Skills could be used to launch Spiritual Type attacks.

Yuchi Jue’s strange and unpredictable Formless Divine Skill was a prime example.

Zou Feng, making all sorts of gestures on the spot, looked just like he was performing some profound Cultivation Skill to launch a long-range spiritual attack against Gongsun Xiang.

However, since Zou Feng didn’t know which of his Cultivation Skills would have the greatest effect on Gongsun Xiang, he had no choice but to keep experimenting.

This caused the movements he was making to look extremely bizarre.

It was almost as if... he were dancing!

That one word popped into the minds of many surrounding Martial Artists.

It wasn’t that their imaginations were running wild; it was because when Zou Feng practiced the Five Poison Sacred Lotus Palm, his movements were still primarily based on the Shaking Flower Hand.

Visually, the motions of the Shaking Flower Hand, combined with the Drunken Immortal Moon Chasing Step Body Skill, looked exactly like a dance. There was no other way to describe it.

As a result, Zou Feng’s actions completely baffled the crowd of Martial Artists. They simply could not comprehend his thought process.

Everyone was in a desperate situation, and all the First Grade Martial Artists were locked in a life-or-death struggle with Gongsun Xiang.

Meanwhile, the Martial Artists of other Realms, though they didn’t dare interfere and get in the way, were watching the battle with their hearts in their throats.

And what does Zou Feng do? He suddenly starts dancing over here?

’Is he planning to use a ridiculous dance to distract Gongsun Xiang? Or maybe even make him laugh to create an opening?’

"He... he’s dancing!?"

"Er... that Zou Feng... his Poison Skills are unfathomable, and he acts with ruthless decisiveness. Surely he wouldn’t be so thoughtless..."

"Everyone, calm down. This is clearly a Battle Dance. During wars, some of the minority tribes in the Southern Border perform similar dances to boost morale and influence the enemy’s state of mind."

"Zou Feng is obviously using a Battle Dance to cheer on the First Grade Experts!"

"...If I were in a fight and a teammate started doing some ’Battle Dance’ behind me, it would probably just throw me off..."

"Um... is it just me, or does Zou Feng’s dance actually look kind of good?"

The crowd murmured amongst themselves, but fortunately, no one lost their patience and tried to stop what Zou Feng was doing.

However, those familiar with Zou Feng, like Leng Jing and the others from Teng County, were all convinced he wasn’t acting aimlessly. They were certain he was performing some kind of profound Cultivation Skill.

And so, the scene of Zou Feng’s awkward dance was abruptly inserted into what was originally a grim, life-or-death siege against Gongsun Xiang.

And strangely enough, the tense, murderous atmosphere was actually alleviated ever so slightly.

However, only the First Grade Powerhouses clashing with Gongsun Xiang could gradually sense whether Zou Feng’s awkward dance was having any effect.

At first, when they caught a glimpse of Zou Feng out of the corners of their eyes—dancing so fast on top of the statue that he left afterimages, looking as if he were having the time of his life—they nearly coughed up blood in sheer anger.

’That bastard Zou Feng! Doesn’t he always fight above his station, defeating powerful enemies from higher Realms?’

’So even though he’s only a Second Grade, he could totally be treated as a First Grade reinforcement. But what the hell is the bastard doing!?’

Many of the First Grade Experts cursed him under their breath. Su Qingyu, however, showed a look of sudden realization when she saw him.

It wasn’t that she was unconcerned; it was because among all the First Grade Martial Artists present, Su Qingyu was the strongest.

Therefore, she was the first to sense that the intensity of Gongsun Xiang’s attacks had lessened ever so slightly...

As the fierce battle raged on, the other First Grade experts gradually sensed this change as well.

They immediately refocused on their opponent. With a tacit understanding, they all started Bursting Qi, preparing to seize this chance for a desperate, all-or-nothing assault.

Seeing that Gongsun Xiang no longer possessed his previous overwhelming ferocity and was gradually being suppressed by the combined First Grade experts, the spectating Martial Artists were overjoyed.

However, the vast majority of them still didn’t credit Zou Feng’s awkward dance, assuming instead that the First Grade Experts had just started getting serious.

By this point, Zou Feng was already "dancing" so hard he was drenched in sweat.

In order to affect Gongsun Xiang to the greatest extent, he was wearing himself out.

After all, he was performing his Cultivation so frantically that he was a blur of afterimages; it wouldn’t be normal if he didn’t have some reaction. He had to at least break a sweat to avoid arousing further suspicion.

So, he selectively chose to endure a bit of the fatigue himself.

However, because he was switching between Cultivation Skills so rapidly, some side effects inevitably built up before he had time to transfer them.

This was indeed making things more and more difficult for Zou Feng.

After all, in the past, he would always finish practicing one skill completely before moving on to the next.

He had never done anything like this, practicing the Five Poison Holy Lotus Skill one second and then immediately switching to the Great Universal Hand the next.